About Me

A Canadian-born Arsenal FC gal of Malay-Singaporean descent. In love with prog rock music (can't go wrong with MUSE and Radiohead), and anything that makes me laugh... because crying's not fun. A fan of Canadian comics (Jay Malone and Ivan Decker), and the great Canadian past-time of curling! I'm also a fan of good ol' Irish comics Dylan Moran, David O'Doherty and Ed Byrne; and British Comics Chris Addison, David Mitchell, Jack Whitehall and Russel Howard. I enjoy cooking and baking, it helps relieve everyday stress. Doctor Who is probably the best TV series since the 1960s, and Never Mind the Buzzcocks rock my socks! On a rainy day, I waste a good chunk of time reading Marvel comics or banging 'round random instruments (my melodica, Yamaha PSS140, guitar, piano... anything that makes noise). I'm such a kid ^_^

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Sunday, February 03, 2008

It's that time of year again, Chinese New Year!!! Wahoo! I love this "holiday" because it gives me an excuse to bake, buy and make yummy CNY treats.

Prosperity Buns filled with Lotus Paste (Not a creation of mine, but I bought these from T&T... I think I'll try making them someday... but only when yeast and I have mended our broken relationship)

The Japanese also enjoy CNY celebrations, so of course I had to prepare my sisters' favorite treat. Hanami Dango... this time I used matcha powder for the green dough, and it was superb

Laughing Dumplings... one of my personal favorites. I actually made these ahead of time, and then brought them to work (KFC) and fried them. Hehehe, I'm so sneaky... but it beats slaving over the wok and hoping that my oil was a consistent temperature.

The Laughing Dumpling recipe can be found on Florence's Blog along with a bunch of other great CNY recipes. I hope to make some more CNY treats before my stressful student life takes hold of me once more... but I've got midterms this week, and my world is spinning round-and-round. Well, I still have until Thursday to celebrate CNY! But until then... Gong Xi!